Three years ago, I wrote an article advocating that companies prepare to disrupt their own business model. Inspired by notable speaker and author Professor Robert Wolcott of Kellogg, who had spoken at a conference I had just attended, the article challenged business leaders to consider the following question: “What will happen to my business when people stop buying …
What is Operational Strategy Consulting? Armed with your goals, Operational Strategy works with your team to develop implementation plans and identify strengths, gaps, opportunities, and threats to your organization’s ability to meet those goals. Tell us about the importance of continuous improvement/process improvement in the operations world. Continuous improvement is incredibly important to operations. It …
COVID-19 is sending many workers who used to be in the office to Work from Home (WFH) remote situations. Systems that seemed “fine” when working on premise now seem antiquated when workers are remote. Some issues that AJC clients have experienced so far are: getting Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) loaded onto their computers to securely access systems …
The COVID-19 crisis is at the forefront of everyone’s minds and hearts right now. We are all dealing with the changes the crisis is bringing, both at home and professionally. Our Change Management consultant and ProSci Change Management practitioner, Charae Gibbs, shares ideas for maintaining productivity through virtual teams. We hope these ideas will help you in your organization through …
Businesses often wish to re-evaluate how they perform certain operational activities or workflows. In other words, they wish to perform “Process Improvement.” Process Mapping can quickly and effectively define the current state, and align stakeholders to howthe process should be improved. If you have participated in a Process Mapping session before, you realize that detailing out each activity is time consuming, sometimes confusing and all together pretty exhausting!
When employees begin to complain that they do not have enough time to get their work done on a daily basis, it can be challenging to know whether this is a true capacity problem, or if it is more of a utilization one. Specifically: Do we need to hire more people, or can we help the …
Alex Jones, a Certified Scaled Agile Program Consultant with over 20 years of Agile and Lean Transformation experience at a large semiconductor manufacturer, recently presented on how companies can use Agile in non-software related applications such as product development, knowledge work, or service related businesses. Here are the take-aways for companies who know something about Agile …
